Folding high chair



y 1942- H. T. TUCKER 2,284,498

FOLDING HIGH CHAIR Filed Jan. 9, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l FIG. 4.

INVENTOR.

Henry T.Tu ck e I ATTORNEYS.

y 1942- H. T. TUCKER FOLDING HIGH CHAIR Filed Jan. 9, 1941 2Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 9.

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INVENTOR.

Heru y T.Tucker BY 2 I 4,622 'ATTORNEY Patented May 26, 1942 FOLDINGHIGH CHAIR Henry Temple Tucker, Fort Smith, Ark., assignor to TuckerDuck & Rubber (30., Fort Smith, Ark., a corporation of ArkansasApplication January 9, 1941, Serial No. 373,820

Claims.

The present invention relates to high chairs and the primary object ofthe invention is to provide a chair of this type which when not in usemay be readily folded into compact form for storage or transportationpurposes,

A further object of the invention is to provide a folding high chairembodying novel means for retaining the chair in its extended conditionof use without requiring the use of any latches or other fasteningdevices for preventing the chair from accidentally folding up while inuse.

A further object resides in the novel tray arrangement permitting readand easy placing and removal of a child from the chair, and also themeans whereby crumbs or the like may be easily removed from the tray.

A further object is to provide a folding high chair of extremely simpleconstruction, and one wherein a safety strap for preventing a child fromsliding out of the seat also serves to hold the tray rigidly in place.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will beapparent from thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification and in which drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the high chair set up for use.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the chair extended for use, with afragmentary portion broken away.

Figure 3 is a side elevation showing the chair partially folded.

Figurel is a side view folded condition.

Figure 5 is a vertical section thru the chair in its folded condition.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail section showing the manner in which thelower ends of the back portion coact with the rear legs when the chairis set up for use.

Figure 7 is a side view of the showing in Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary detail section showing a slightly modifiedform of construction from that shown in Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a side view of the showing in Figure 8.

In the drawings, like reference characters designate corresponding partsthruout'the several views.

Referring first to the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 7inclusive, the high chair is preferably constructed of wood andcomprises a pair of front legs I0, and a pair of rear legs II which arepivoted at their upper ends as at I2 to the outside of the front legs ata location spaced below the upper ends of the front legs. Pivoted at itsforward portion between the front legs In as upon the pivot pins I2 is aseat I4 of the chair in a fully having its rear portion pivoted to theintermediate portion of a back rest I5. This back rest I5 includes apair of side members or uprights It to which the seat is pivoted at asubstantial distance upward from the lower ends of the uprights. An armrest I! is pivoted near its forward end as at I 8 to the upper end ofeach front leg I0, and at their rear ends are pivoted to the uprights I6as at I9 whereby the arm rests are in substantial parallel relation withthe seat I4. The front legs ID are connected adjacent their lowerportions by a cross brace 20, and a suitable foot rest 2| is alsomounted on the front legs below the seat I4. The rear legs I I areconnected adjacent their lower portions by a cross brace 22, and also ata location slightly above midway of their length with a combined crossbrace and stop bar 23 adapted to be engaged by the lower end of theuprights I6 when the chair is set up for use, As will be seen, the lowerends of the uprights I6 fit between the rear legs I I.

Pivotally connected at one end to the lower end of each upright I6 ofthe back I5 as by a rivet or the like 24, is a metal link 25 and whichlinks are pivoted at their other ends by rivets or the like 26 to therear legs I I at a location spaced below the cross brace 23. Thus whenthe chair is set up the links 25 swing forward past vertical centeruntil the lower ends of the uprights I6 abut the cross brace 23 andlimit further swinging of the back rest beyond a slightly upward andrearward inclined position as in Figures 1 and 2.

links 28 are of such length that when the chair is set up for use thelower ends of the links bear upon the arm rests I'I slightly forward ofthe pivots I I 9 and prevent the chair from being folded until the linksare swung forwardly out of engagement with the arm rests. The trayproper 3| rests upon the forward ends of the arm rests I! with the siderails 30 overlying the arm rests. The links 28 also form extensions ofthe side rails 30 whereby the tray will more readily clear the head of achild seated in the chair as the tray is swung into or out of positionin front of the child. As shown by dotted lines in Figure 2, the links28 also enable a person to tilt the tray in front of the chair so thatcrumbs, etc., may be readily brushed or removed from the tray.

A safety strap 35 is fixed at one end to the inner or rear edge portionof the tray SI and is provided at its free end with a suitable snapmember 36 for detachable engagement with a companion snap member3I'secured to the under side of the seat I4. This strap 35 aside frompreventing a child from sliding out of the seat also serves to hold thetray rigidly in place.

When the chair is extended or set up as in Figure 2, any downwardpressure on the uprights l6 tends to force the upper end of the links 25downward and the lower ends of the uprights forward into engagement withthe cross brace 23. position for use with the back rest l extendingupwardly and rearward at a slight angle. Since the lower ends of thekeeper links 28 engage the arm rests ll forwardly of the rear pivots IQof the arm rests, any tendency of the back rest to raise causes theupper end of the back rest to swing forward and thus force the lowerends of the links 28 into still greater contact with the arm rests andprevents the chair from folding.

When folding the chair the tray is first swung over the back rest as inFigure 3 and then the back rest swung forward at its upper end so thatthe links 25 swing rearward past center as in Figure 3. The legs Ill andIl may then be swung toward one another on the pivots 12 whereby thechair will readily fold into compact form as in Figures 4 and 5.

Referring to Figures 8 and 9, the numeral 49 designates one of the rearlegs of a folding high chair such as shown in Figure l, the rear legsbeing connected by a cross brace M. The lower end of the upright 42 ispivotally connected to the leg 40 by a link 43 whereby the uprightsoperate in the same manner as do the uprights I6 in Figure 1. In thismodification of the invention however the uprights do not engagethe-cross brace 4|, and a cross piece 44 is riveted to the rear edge ofthe uprights with its ends extending beyond the uprights so as to engagethe rear legs when the chair is set up for use. With this arrangementthe cross brace 4| may be disposed at any desired location along therear legs and need not bear a definite spaced relation to the point ofpivotal connection of the links 43 to the rear legs.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a folding high chair has beenprovided embodying a novel construction whereby the chair is retained ina position for use thru a novel co-action of certain of thestructuralelements of the chair and without requiring the use ofseparate latches or the like. The high chair may be easily folded intocompact form for storage or for transportation from place to place.

Changes in detail may be made to the forms of the invention herein shownand described without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A folding chair comprising a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legspivotally connected at their upper ends to the front legs, a seatpivotally connected to the front legs on the pivotal axis of the rearlegs, a back rest pivotally connected to the seat, links connecting thelower end of the back rest to the rear legs, co-acting stop meansbetween the back rest and rear legs for disposing the seat and back inproper relative positions when the chair is set up for use, arm restspivotally connected between the front legs and the back rest, and keeperlinks pivoted on the upper end of the back rest and engageable with theupper faces of the arm rests forwardly of the pivotal connection of thearm rests with the back rest for preventing folding of the chair. r r

The seat I4 is thus supported in a r 2. A folding high chair comprisinga pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs pivoted at their upper ends tothe front legs, a back rest, a seat having pivotal connection with thefront legs on the pivotal axis of the rear legs and having pivotalconnection with the back rest, arm rests having pivotal connections withthe front legs and the back rest, links pivotally cona tray havingrearwardly extending side arms pivoted to the lower ends of the keeperlinks.

3. A folding high chair comprising a pair of front legs, a pair of rearlegs pivoted at their upper ends to the front legs, a back rest havingits lower end movable between the back legs, a seat having pivotalconnections with the front legs and the back rest, arm rests havingpivotal connections with the front legs and the back rest, linkspivotally connecting the lower end of the back rest to the intermediateportion of the rear legs, a cross bar connecting the rear legs andengageable by the lower portion of the back rest upon forward swingingof the links for disposing the seat andback rest in relative positionsfor use, keeper links pivoted at one end of the upper end of the backrest and engageable at their free ends with the arm rests forwardly ofthe back rest, and a tray adapted to rest upon the forward end of thearm rests and having rearwardly extending side rails pivoted to the freeends of the keeper links.

4. A folding high chair comprising a pair of front legs, a pair of rearlegs pivoted at'their upper ends to the front legs, a back resthavingits lower end movable between the back legs, a seat having pivotalconnections with the front legs and the back rest, arm rests havingpivotal connections with the front legs and the back rest, linkspivotally connecting the lower end of the back rest to the intermediateportion of the rear legs, a cross rail connected across the lower end ofthe back rest and engageable with the rear legs upon forward swinging ofthe links for disposing the chair structure in acondition for use,keeper links pivoted to the upper end of the back rest and engageable attheir free ends with the arm rests forwardly of the back rest, and atray having rearwardlyextending side rails pivoted to the free :ends ofthe keeper links.

5. A folding high chair comprising pivotally connected front and rearlegs, a back rest, links pivotally connecting the lower end of: the backrest to the rear legs, a seat having-pivotal connection with the frontlegs and back rest, arm rests having pivotal connection with thefrontlegs and back rest, meansco-acting between the rear legs and back restfor disposing the seat and back rest in relative positions of use,keeper links pivoted on the back rest and engage able with thearm restsforwardly of the back rest, a tray pivoted to the keeper links andsupported at its forward portion on the arm rests, and a flexible strapcarried by the tray and having detachable connection with the forwardportion of the seat. r

HENRY TEMPLE TUCKER.

